My favorite vegan restaurant closed 2ish years ago, I used to order this soup that had soy “chicken”. It’s the best substitute I’ve ever had and I would like to buy it if I can. 🥲
The texture was a little spongy, it was flavorful, and soft but still had a bite. The restaurant was The Vegan House in Arizona.
by Sea-Sympathy-4995
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It could simply be tofu, but specifically tofu that has been FROZEN. Freezing gives it a very spongey texture.
It’s a slice of a “Tofu Puff”, the have many names, but basically it’s usually fried tofu, might also be frozen first to give it a spongier internal texture as well. They are **very** popular in Asia, used to eat **lot** of those and the big airy gluten balls that go in soup so well at all the street food stalls in China
It can be dehydrated gluten (seitan) or baked gluten. You can rehydrate and marinate it.
Fried tofu slices. They probably had it soaking in perhaps a vegan chicken broth to soak up the extra flavour